Combination necktie rack and storage container



June 13, 1950 B. B. MANASTER COMBINATION NECKTIE RACK AND STORAGE CONTAINER Filed Oct. 19, 1948 17' 25 5 19 INVENTOR.

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Patented June 13, 1950 COMBINATION NECKTIE BACK AND STORAGE CONTAINER Ben B. Manaster, Chicago, 111.

Application October 19, 1948, Serial No. 55,345

2 Claims. (01. 312-173) This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a combination necktie rack and storage container, the latter for storing collar buttons and small articles of jewelry and serving as a medium for supporting the necktie rack from a wall bracket, the latter providing an en closure for the container.

A principal object of this invention resides in the provision of a wall bracket providing an enclosure for a storage container, the latter rotatably mounted within the bracket and sew-- ing as a support for a necktie rack of the lazytong construction, the container being provided with an openin normally closed by the enclosure but exposed to permit access to the interior of the container when the container is rotated to a predetermined position with respect to the enclosure.

Another and equally important object of the invention is to provide a combination necktie rack and storage container which is compact and attractive in construction and one which may be manufactured at an economical cost.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the invention showing the same attached to a Wall and with the necktie rack in extended position;

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to that shown in Fig. l but showing the opening of the storage container embodied in the invention in exposed position; and

Fig. 4 is a rear view taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring with greater particularity to the drawings, in which the preferred form of construction of my invention is illustrated, a wall bracket is indicated at Ill.

This bracket I is hollow in construction and provides an open front II normally closed by a storage container I2. The bracket I0 provides opposite lugs I3 for attachment, by means of screws I4, to a wall I5 or the like.

The storage container is cylindrical in form providing end walls I6 on which are provided trunnions I'I journalled in suitable bearings I8 provided by open ribs I9 formed integral with adjacent walls 20 of the bracket, The storage container I2 is arranged within the bracket II! to the rear of the open front II and is rotatably held within the bracket I0 by means of a retaining clamp 2|. This clamp 2| may be of any approved construction, in the present instance having opposite arms 22 provided with latch fingers 23 which engage in slots 24 forming in the adjacent side walls 25 of the bracket Ill.

The necktie rack 26 is of the lazy-tong construction. It provides supporting arms 21 from which neckties or like articles are suspended. The tie rack 26 is supported by a pair of arms 28. These arms 28 are pivotally connected as at 29 to adjacent sections 30 of the necktie rack 26. These arms 28 extend through slots 3| formed in the adjacent Wall of the storage container I2. The end portions of these arms 28 are pivotally connected to the container I2 by means of pins 32 journalled in suitable bearings 33 provided by the storage container I2.

The storage container I2 is provided with an opening 34. This opening 34 is normally closed by the bracket II} when the container is in the position shown in Fig. 1. Access to the storage container I2 through the opening 34 is had by rotating the storage container I2 to the position shown in Fig. 3, in which position the opening 34 will be exposed from beneath the adjacent wall of the bracket I 0.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that this storage container, in addition to providing a depository for small articles such as collar buttons and jewelry, also serves as a medium of connection between the tie rack 25 and the bracket II). It is by moving the tie rack 26 radially with respect to the bracket I0 that the storage container I 2 may be rotated to expose the opening thereto from behind an adjacent Wall of the bracket.

I have provided a compact and attractive article of general utility which combines a storage container for collar buttons and small jewelry and an extensible tie rack on which a necktie or a plurality of neckties may be supported.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. An article of the class described comprising a wall bracket of hollow construction and providing an open front, a storage container arranged in the bracket for rotation upon its longitudinal axis and normally closing the open front of the wall bracket, said storage container having an opening normally closed by an adjacent wall of the bracket and adapted to be exposed when said container is rotated to a predetermined position with respect to the open front of the bracket, and an article supporting member carried by the storage container and rotatable therewith and serving as a medium for manually rotating the storage container upon said longitudinal axis.

2. An article of the class described comprising a wall bracket of hollow construction and having an opening formed in a wall thereof, an article supporting member connected to said bracket for pivotal movement radially with respect thereto,

and means providing connection between said member and said bracket, said connecting means comprising a storage container mounted in said bracket for rotation with respect thereto and normally closing the opening of said bracket, said storage container having an opening formed therein and said opening being normally closed by an adjacent wall of said bracket when said storage container is disposed in a predetermined position with respect to said bracket, the said container opening being adapted to be exposed through the opening of said bracket when said storage container is rotated from said predetermined position with respect to said bracket.

BEN B. MANASTER.

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